Video and images of the Refugee March from Hungary to Austria

Thousands of refugees broke through a police barricade on their 240 kilometre journey from Budapest, Hungary to Austria marching on foot. 

The refugees, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, left Budapest's Keleti railway station this morning after authorities refused to let them travel to Austria on trains.

An estimated 2000 refugees were stuck in makeshift camps at the station for a few days, as Hungary tightened its anti-migrant policy.

As they walked on the motorway, many of the people held up pictures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and chanted "Germany, Germany."

"We are very happy that something is happening at last, The next stop is Austria. The children are very tired, Hungary is very bad, we have to go somehow," one man from Syria told AFP.